Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik

Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik ("Society of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics"), often referred to by the acronym GAMM, is a German society for the promotion of science, founded in 1922 by the physicist Ludwig Prandtl and the mathematician Richard von Mises. The society awards the Richard von Mises prize annually.

Gesellschaft für angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik
Formation1922
Membership
2,500
President
Heike Fassbender
Websitehttp://www.gamm-ev.de

In 1958 the GAMM and the ACM together worked out the "ALGOL 58 Report" at a meeting in Zurich.


  • Official site (German)
  • O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "The German Society for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.



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